The latest Swift 6.3 update introduces the first official Swift SDK for Android. This allows developers to build native Android apps or integrate Swift code into existing Kotlin/Java projects. The ...

Sanuj is a freelance tech journalist with over six years of experience covering smartphones, wearables, and consumer technology. He currently writes for Android Police, Tom's Guide, Android Central, ...

Abstract: One implementation of a hybrid database is in Android applications. In the context of the dynamic and diverse development of Android applications, a strategic approach to selecting database ...

Google has officially released Android Bench, a new leaderboard and evaluation framework designed to measure how Large Language Models (LLMs) perform specifically on Android development tasks. The ...

In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens innovation, competition, privacy, and user freedom. Google’s planned Android ...

Google on Wednesday released the first beta of Android 17, which brings performance improvements and a way to add new features to media and camera apps. Most importantly, it’s changing how developers ...

You may be wondering why Android 17 Beta is already here without several Android 17 Developer Preview builds before it? The reason is pretty simple. In July of last year, Google introduced the Android ...

Alibaba Tongyi Lab research team released ‘Zvec’, an open source, in-process vector database that targets edge and on-device retrieval workloads. It is positioned as ‘the SQLite of vector databases’ ...

One of the first items I always enable when I get a new Android phone is developer mode. This hidden menu is designed to cater to the needs of developers, and it contains numerous valuable items for ...

Google is backpedaling on its decision to introduce new identity verification rules for all developers, stating that it will also introduce accounts for limited app distribution and will allow users ...

Google announced yesterday an update to the new Android developer verification requirements it initially announced in August. To improve security, the company said in the summer that it would soon ...

The big picture: While Google maintains that identity verification will enhance security and trust across the platform, open-source communities remain concerned that even a softened version of the ...